Tasmanian Times
Current Affairs
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1.1KHobart Indies Embrace Palmer
Hobart’s alternative music scene is taking inspiration from the rise of unlikely politician Clive Palmer. Recent weeks have seen the formation of...
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From Green Warriors to Greenwashers
When Greenpeace emerged as an international organization in the 1970s, it embodied a spirit of courageous protest by activists who were willing...
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eBay Founder Commits $250m to New Media Venture with Glenn Greenwald
More shocks for dead-tree media Pierre Omidyar says decision to set up news organisation fuelled by ‘concern about press freedoms in the...
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Tony Abbott … and the NSW fires …
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Release of ‘game-changing’ same-sex marriage legal opinion
Supporters of the Tasmanian Same-Sex Marriage Bill will today released a “game changing” legal opinion that backs the constitutionality of the Bill....
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GE-free status is the key to markets, Jan Davis
The Tasmanian and Australian Greens today called for the state’s moratorium on genetically engineered (GE) food crops to remain in place, saying...
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Tears on the handling of the Western Tiers …
So this is Taytitikitheeker, and I wish I could show you a better pic. It’s like when you want your place to...
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Law Reform Report “Tasmania can pass same-sex marriage laws”
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the release of the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute report which says Tasmania does have the constitutional power...
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24 truth-defeating devices (2)
This is the 23nd extract from Evan Whitton’s Our Corrupt Legal System, available free at netk.net.au/whittonhome.asp. The story so far. English common...
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Why Afi came to Australia
Beware! This story contains torture details Why and How I left Iran My name is Afi (my birth name is Mohammed but...
